Two rajas in a landscape, Mughal India, 19th century (painting), Deccan, Golconde or Bijapur, 17th century (margins and illuminations) Gouache and gold on paper depicting two full-length men in profile, facing each other, both turbaned and dressed in a white jama tied at the waist by a richly embroidered belt into which a katar is slipped. Both also carry a rondache and talwar. The portrait is encircled by a braided gold border and framed on either side by a line of text in two columns taken from a folio of a manuscript of Jalâl ad-Dîn Rûmî's Masnavi-I Ma'navi, calligraphed in Persian nasta'liq. Surrounding it is a margin illuminated with vegetal decor and animals in gold leaf. The back features a panel illuminated in gold using the same technique as the margin surrounding the portrait, with long-feathered birds in dense foliage and flowering branches on a black background. Red, blue and black border lines and buff-colored margin stamped with two lower stamps, one dated 1231 H / 1815. Framed. Dim. total: 17.3 x 11.2 cm; dim. painting: 9 x 5.6 cm; dim. illuminated panel: 11.2 x 5.6 cm Slightly faded gilding and polychromy, remainder of binding textile around the edges.